Friday, November 18, 2011

Goodness. We Phillipses love our cats, but there is such a thing as Going Too Far. Reader MizzHarpy may have found it: the Cat Galaxy web site has radio programming just for cats. She heard soft music and, well, purring; I heard George Michael and Jefferson Starship... and, like her, I bailed.

DAOD would add (and Dear Wife would second) that, to be perfect, it has to be the actual Nutella sold in England, and not the American version — though they've never been known to say "No" to it, either.

But wait! This week there are two competitors for that title. Thanks to Sonja, brothers and sisters, I bring you three wonderful, delicious words: bacon peanut brittle!

Normal people follow sports more than I do, and you're probably normaller than I at least in that way. Thus you might be interested in Denny Burk'slittle bit today, Tim Tebow is True Grit. I've prayed for the brother (Tebow), he certainly is one of the more visible (and thus hated) Christians today. But he sure seems to be blasting his way, by hard word and excellence, rather than bluster. Kinda minds one of Prov. 22:29, doesn't it?

I do like my iPhone 4S so far, it's pretty cool. However, there are some things it does that I don't quite understand.

Yeah, I know. That's not an iPhone.

Chris Carney points us to a story fraught with bitter irony. Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral is to be sold, for financial reasons... to the Roman Catholic Church. Thus the monument to the man who said we need a new reformation to a theology of self esteem passes the building from the preaching of one false gospel to the preaching of another. Think that's harsh? Here's Schuller's daughter, "I'm really pleased to know that this campus is likely for at least decades, if not centuries, to be kept as a sacred place of worship." If she thinks that what Roman Catholics do is "sacred...worship," judged by Gospel standards, she's in a seriously bad place.

If you don't follow me on Twitter, you may have missed this one: "Dems have 3 tricks: (1) Take liberty to do good; (2) create liberty to do evil; (3) confiscate working people's $, to perpetuate #1 and #2."

Barbara made a good catch: turns out candidate Herman Cain is a big-time Leaky Canoneer. Who knew? No reporter will ask him the questions I'd ask him on that one, I think. For this, he should be thankful.

From time to time we take a poke at the Republican candidates for president. I haven't said much about Newt Gingrich beyond surly dismissal, I think. Here's an interesting back-to-back.

C. Edmund Wright of The American Thinker thinks that Newt's surge will continue, because Newt's so darned smart and articulate. Which he is.

On the other hand, that dainty wallflower Ann Coulter — no RINO she — delivers herself of this broadside: "In addition to having an affair in the middle of Clinton's impeachment; apologizing to Jesse Jackson on behalf of J.C. Watts -- one of two black Republicans then in Congress –- for having criticized 'poverty pimps,' and then inviting Jackson to a State of the Union address; cutting a global warming commercial with Nancy Pelosi; supporting George Soros' candidate Dede Scozzafava in a congressional special election; appearing in public with the Rev. Al Sharpton to promote nonspecific education reform; and calling Paul Ryan's plan to save Social Security 'right-wing social engineering,' we found out this week that Gingrich was a recipient of Freddie Mac political money." That is going to leave a mark.

One more interesting note on the primary: Herman Cain alone, of all the candidates, is about to receive Secret Service protection. I infer that this hints at credible threats against him, which is wretchedly bad to hear.

Sort of relatedly: the wretch who is accused of firing at the White House reportedly has had association with Wallis' beloved Occupy movement. Hear much of that on the news? Remember, by contrast, how the media ran with attempts to fabricate associations between murderer Jared Loughner with everyone from the Tea Party to Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh? Can you imagine what we'd be hearing if this nutcase had any such assocations? But since MSM/Obama like the Occupy movement, and hope it will offset the Tea Party, expect radio silence or something like it.

Interesting: just before this happened, I had especially prayed for the President's safety. And let me remind all my readers: oppose Obama's policy, oppose his ideology, but pray for his and his family's safety and conversion (as I've said previously here and here, at least).

On the subject of "global warming"...

...it's an ONOES! those Backwards Americans! update. Seems that one episode of a new David Attenborough series preaches a long sermon on manmade climate change; and it seems that America (and 9 other unmentioned countries) said "No, thanks; some American's don't buy that" on that one episode.

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The Siberian Husky caused Toby Bruno, the big yellow dog, to rouse himself from a sound sleep, walk all the way across the room, and sniff my laptop. He then cocked his head and barked at some unknown threat in the air. The dachshund barely lifted his head off the pillow, yawned and let out a halfhearted growl. I'm confident if we were attacked by a rogue husky trying to rob us, our home would be protected.

Sorry to burst your bubble DJP, but Ann Coulter is too a RINO! Despite her frequent shots at gays, she regularly cavorts with GOPROUD and was a featured guest at their "Big Gay Party" at CPAC earlier this year (along with Andrew Breitbart). She also relentlessly pushed Chris Christie (a RINO) to run for president and is now saying that social conservatives should suck it up and deal with the fact that Romney is the only Republican who can beat Obama. After famously not supporting John McCain as the GOP nominee because he was too liberal.

I'm convinced that Coulter is only out for Coulter. She says controversial things that get her face on TV and sell her books. I don't take anything she says seriously anymore.

Tim Tebow is the sort of person I hope and pray I'll become. He is focussed, dedicated, driven... and he's not just "not ashamed" of the Gospel, the brother is all-out excited by it.

I've been a fan of his for year and years, wish him absolutely nothing but success in the NFL, and grateful to a gracious God that Tim has been so faithful thus far. Please continue to pray for him, as there is nothing society likes more than to tear down the finest example of Christianity.

If I had a daughter, I'd make them get married, even if Tebow was a pauper.

Dropping back in for the updates. Interesting juxtaposition between the Crystal Cathedral's "reformation" heading the direction of Rome and Newt's reformation being credited to Rome (both his reformation from being a serial adulterer and a Southern Baptist).

The visuals were extra good today, especially "Location of your waiter" and "person in line in front of you". I think the line pie-graph is missing one though: using food stamps and paying for each item individually (while using a designer purse and blue-tooth device in their ear.) I can only hope said people show the same patience that is expected of the rest of us waiting for them when they have to wait.

Sigh, I'm so weary of the Occupy people. The mayor of my city apologized to them the other day for the pepper spray the police used to clear them out of the major intersection they were blocking during rush hour. Anyway, my reading plan today included Acts 19 and these folk's ancestors must have been citizens of Ephesus:

32 Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come togther.

Thankfully, my son has heard most of those sounds due to some relative's (and maybe my own) odd obsessions. I would rather work on a typewriter than a computer any day. I was actually happy that typewriters were still in regular use at my last job.

Anyways, our new cat, Mr. Formerly-Stray, is a tuxedo that has some similar moves and some moderate aggression issues. Maybe that music station would help relax him :)

The first time I tried nutella was when I was living The Netherlands. Doesn't hold a candle to the American stuff. Just like Walker's Shortbread - the stuff from the grocery store isn't the real shortbread; you have to look on the back under ingredients. If it says "30% butter", then it's real, but I've only been able to find it once.